# Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan; Assessment Increase
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 2007-10-29 · Effective 2008-01-01 · 72 FR 61047
## Document
- **Document number:** 07-5348
- **Category:** trade
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 72 FR 61047
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1210
- **Publication date:** 2007-10-29
- **Effective date:** 2008-01-01
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-07-0038
## Abstract

This rule amends the Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan (Plan) to increase the assessment rate on producers, handlers, and importers of watermelons from four cents to six cents per hundredweight. Domestic producers and handlers will pay three cents per hundredweight each and importers will pay six cents per hundredweight. The increase is provided for under the Plan which is authorized by the Watermelon Research and Promotion Act (Act). The National Watermelon Promotion Board (Board), which administers the Plan, recommended this action to sustain and expand their promotional, research, and communications programs.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/10/29/07-5348/watermelon-research-and-promotion-plan-assessment-increase)
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